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Not sure if Pixie is being pecked or something else is happening:

 

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Plus after examining her, both she and Lily had their tails down. Very odd as they were fine before and afterwards - they went for a dustbath together:

 

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Any ideas would be much appreciated.

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The skin looks perfectly normal to me, doesn't look like feather pecking and I'm sure you can see the new quills under the skin. I can't see any signs of mites or bugs, maybe check the feathers around the vent

Could just be normal feather loss and the new feathers will come throgh when she has a moult

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Yes it is her crop and yes there are new quills coming. I had a budgie who did this once, many years ago. He just kept pecking out his chest quills after his first moult. I think he liked the taste of the blood :?

 

They are being wormed at the moment. I can't see any lice and they go into the coop easily, but a few times I have caught Pixie with her tail down. However, mostly she is very perky.

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She only started the odd occasional tail down a couple of weeks ago. I started with the ACV and then yoghurt and now Marriages with Flubenvet.

 

They finish on Sunday but they have had a couple of days when they have held out for treats and not eaten much. Ate everything since Wednesday though. Poos are firming up - Lily's was like a water cannon! And they desperately want out again - they enjoyed that!

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Oh this is exactly the patten and patch location of the feather loss of my chook that II posted about yesterday.

 

Maybe it's a new season fashion tend :lol:

 

I am going to keep an eye on her as I suspect there might be a chance my girl is broody.

 

Always learning with these girls!

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Yes they get a bit stir crazy cooped up (sorry :roll: ) no treats or free ranging :( So anti-peck would be good (the nettex one is good, but wear gloves and it proper stinks!)

 

Just monitor the situation. Usual places for pulled feathers - neck and tail, oh and fluffy knickers :oops:

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They will finish the bag of pellets during this week but as they have been on it for 7 days I will start giving them some treats. They have dug for Australia and pulled up all the membrane. We will need to re-lay it and add more sand in due course, but at the moment we are rather unsure as to if we are going to be moving soon or not. All to do with OH's work and quite rightly he doesn't want to spend money on anything that isn't vital at this time. I go in the run with "Rake" several times a week to sort things out.

 

They will get a broccoli head tomorrow - lucky girlies!

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They will finish the bag of pellets during this week but as they have been on it for 7 days I will start giving them some treats. They have dug for Australia and pulled up all the membrane. We will need to re-lay it and add more sand in due course, but at the moment we are rather unsure as to if we are going to be moving soon or not. All to do with OH's work and quite rightly he doesn't want to spend money on anything that isn't vital at this time. I go in the run with "Rake" several times a week to sort things out.

 

They will get a broccoli head tomorrow - lucky girlies!

 

:lol: that's how desperate they are, mine have done exactly the same, massive hen size holes, they have jumped into a planter I have in the run and pulled out the plants, they didn't attempt to eat them they just trashed them like a irksome teenager would trash their bedroom, the plants were spread all over the run and I swear they trod on them for good measure. no mealworms??? Ha....have that :shock:

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